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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Posted by JD Vila
JD Vila
8,095 Points

Why won't my code pass?

For some strange reason, it states that line 1 will no longer work, and in the console, it states that .toUpperCase cannot work on something that is Null. Please see attached code, and please advise.

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?')
  if (answer.toUpperCase() === 'JAVASCRIPT') {
    alert('You are correct')
  }
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points
Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points

Hey Jose,

It's just not passing due to the specificity of the challenge. It's looking for a conditional that checks if the answer variable is equal to "JavaScript" not "JAVASCRIPT."

JD Vila
JD Vila
8,095 Points

Thank you Kevin, your advice did the trick! Thanks again!